SPANISH III
CONTEMPORARY VOCABULARY STRESSES ACTIVITIES WHICH
SYLLABUS AND OBJECTIVES FOR SPANISH III
During the year additions and changes may be made to this syllabus and students will be notified.
Present tense of verbs (review)
(regular, stem-change ,and irregular)
Commands, formal and informal (review)
Preterite tense of all verbs (review)
Imperfect tense (review)
Uses of preterite and imperfect (review)
Ser vs. estar (review)
Present subjunctive for hopes and wishes
Pronouns (subject, object) review
Demonstratives (review)
Negative words (review)
Time constructions
Nosotros commands
Subjuntive with the unknown or nonexistent
Subjunctive with expression of feelings
Subjunctive with negation or denial
Future tense
Conditional tense
Vocabulary to discuss weather, vacation and travel
advice, sports and pastimes, friendships and
relationships, school, attitudes, and opinions
Culture of Spain and the Caribbean
Variety of readings and writing activities
Verbal activities using vocabulary and grammar
Present and past progressive (review)
Present perfect indicative (review)
Present perfect subjunctive
Comparisons and superlatives
Passive 'se' and passive voice with ser
Past perfect tense
Subjunctive with doubt and disbelief
Uses of haber
Indefinite expressionsVerbs that express 'to become'
Past subjunctive
Sequence of tenses
Vocabulary to express
Vocabulary to discuss families and family events,
food, the arts, the media, hopes and plans, jobs
and business
Culture of Mexico, the countries of the Andes, and
the countries of the Southern Cone
Variety of readings and writing activities
Verbal activities using vocabulary and grammar
After successful completion of this course, the student will:
possess sufficient vocabulary and grammatical structure to read, write and converse about events,experiences, accomplishments, predictions, doubt and wishes.
Text: Exprésate 3
Workbook: Exprésate 3 Gramática y vocabulario
Great web pages for additional help and practice:
my.hrw.com - this is the web page for the text. Follow the directions to arrive at the 3rd year text. Students will be given a password with which they will have access to the online text book, workbook, dictionary, videos, etc.
www.conjuguemos.com - excellent for verb practice.
www.studyspanish.com - for grammar and vocabulary review
www.spanishnewyork.com/spanish-newspapers-in-spanish.html - for newspapers.
SPANISH 3 LANGUAGE – Course Outline
Week 1: Aug.21 - Set.5
Chapter 1
Objectives. See poster in the classroom.
Introduction: Castilla – La Mancha p.1-5
Vocabulario #1: el verano y los consejos p. 45
Translation: p. 8,9
Practice: Workbook p. 1,2,3
Text p. 10,11,12,13
Grammar: Preterite and Imperfect tenses p. 14
WB p. 4
Text p. 15
Verbs SER and ESTAR p.16
WB p. 5
Week 2 Set.8 - 12
Chapter 1
Readings
Grammar: the subjunctive mood (p.18)
WB p. 6
Pronouns p. 28
Comparisons. Demonstratives p. 30
Negative words p. 32 _
Week 3 Sept. 15 - 19
Chapter 1
Pronouns p. 28
Comparisons. Demonstratives p. 30
Negative words p. 32 _
Novela en video p. 34-35
Readings: 1. P. 36-37
2. p.38-39-40
Informal writing
Grammar: Review for the exam p.42-43-44.
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Week 4 Sept. 22 -26
Chapter 2
Vocabulario: pasatiempos y los amigos p. 87
Grammar: Imperfect Tense p.56
Verb IR + infinitive in imperfect p. 58
“Nosotros” commands p.60
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Week 5 Sept. 29 - Oct. 3
Chapter 2
Vocabulario: la amistad
Readings
Informal writing
Grammar: Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns p.70
Subjunctive p. 72
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Week 6 Oct. 6 - 10
Chapter 2
Grammar: subjunctive p. 74
Novela en video (2) p.76-77
Readings p. 78-79 / 80-82
Review for the exam p.84 - 86
Formal writing
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Week 7 Oct. 13 - 17
Chapter 3
Introduction: El Caribe p. 90-95
Vocabulario: lo que piensa la gente y sugerencias p.135
Grammar: Verb + infinitive p. 104
Subjunctive p. 106-108
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Week 8 Oct. 20 - 24
Chapter 3
Amistad y reconciliacion p. 112 -117
Grammar: Future Tense p. 118
The Conditional p. 120 - 123
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Week 9 Oct. 27 - 31
Chapter 3
Novela en video (3) p.124-125
Readings p. 126-127; p.128-130
Review for the exam p. 132-134
Week 10 Nov. 3-7
Chapter 4
Vocabulario: la familia y la comida p. 177
Grammar : Present Progressive p. 146
Verb “haber”: Present Perfect (p.148)
Past Participles as adjectives.
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Week 11 Nov. 10-14
Chapter 4
Vocabulario: la comida
Grammar :Present perfect Subjunctive (p.150)
Preterite: irregular verbs (p.160)
Week 12 Nov. 17-21
Chapter 4
Grammar “Se” + Indirect Object Pronoun (p.162)
Past Progressive (p.164)
Readings p. 168-169; 170-172
Novela en video (4)
Review for the exam p.174-176
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Week 13 Nov. 25 Dec. 5
Chapter 5
Introduction: el Suroeste y Mexico p. 180-185
Vocabulario: las artes
Grammar: Comparisons (p.194)
Passive voice with “se” and “ser” (pp.196-198)
Readings
Formal writing
Week 14 Dec. 8 - 12
Chapter 5
Grammar: Subjunctive for hope and wishes (p.208,210)
Readings
Formal writing
Week 15 Dec.15-19
Chapter 5
Grammar : Past Perfect (p.212)
Novela en video (5)
Readings p. 216-217 ; 218-220
Review for the exam: p. 224-226
Week 16: Jan. 5 - 9
Chapter 6
Vocabulario: Medios de comunicacion p. 267
Grammar: Indicative with expressions of certainty (p.236)
Readings
Week 17
Chapter 6
Grammar: Subjunctive with expressions of doubt (p.238)
Readings
Formal writing
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Week 18
Chapter 6
Grammar : Uses of “haber”
Indefinite expressions
Readings p. 258-259 ; p.260-262
Novela en video (6) p. 256-257
Review for the exam p.264-266
